Nine Hundred and Ninety-Five Fighter Jets Return
? Daytime bombing can allow the attacking bomber formation to better maintain its own formation integrity, and it can also better resist the interference attacks of enemy aircraft. More importantly, attacks during the day can be better aimed at the target without the result of a large number of bombs missing the target.
Moreover, the choice of daytime bombing can also reflect the self-confidence and strength comparison of the two sides from the side. Often the side that dares to face its own enemy has a certain advantage in strength, which is a concrete manifestation of the accumulated advantages in modern warfare.
Now the U.S. Army aviation commanders have to face the German Air Force strategic bomber unit that has begun to take advantage of its own advantages and is not reasonable with its opponents. They only had 36 planes to attack the opponent, but the enemy had almost ten times as many troops.
"If it were me, I would order all the bombers to leave Iceland immediately. The time now is almost enough to refill the planes, and it would be better to fly back to the United States and be destroyed by German bombers here." Hugh Dowding knew the current situation It was very bad, so I suggested.
Now he knows that Iceland's air defense is still so fragile even if it is strengthened by jet fighters. High-tech weapons cannot withstand consumption in such a large-scale war. Overwhelmed with numbers.
Facing the German bombing that might be unstoppable, General Hugh Dowding, the commander of the British Air Force, who had long been experienced in dealing with this kind of problem, immediately came up with what he thought was the safest solution: let the Americans retreat, leaving an approximate Empty Iceland, to defend against the Luftwaffe bomber force.
This is the best resistance method he can think of now. Let the fighter force use a hidden secret airport as a backing without any pressure to shoot down the German bombers as much as possible, hurt the Germans, and prevent them from Dare to easily come to Iceland to carry out air strike missions.
But the plan he proposed now means that the Americans will lose a lot of things. Because the infrastructure of the Icelandic base is not perfect at all, the use of the British Icelandic outpost by the United States this time is actually a gamble with the mentality that the Germans dare not fight back.
According to the fact that Germany canceled the reconnaissance plane sent to Iceland, the United States judged that the Germans should be very afraid of the British Meteor jet fighter jets, so they believed that the Luftwaffe would not go to Iceland to fight back on a large scale. Islands are a very unwise thing to consume fuel and ammunition.
So this time the American bombers headed to Iceland carried too many things, so much that it made people speechless—the large amount of fuel and various ammunition needed by the U.S. Army Air Forces were all transported in one go. Arrived at the Icelandic base, and this hastily built Icelandic base is actually not capable of holding so many things.
Because of the rush to build various important facilities, such as water plants, dormitories, and coastal defense facilities, the underground air defense facilities in Iceland are basically equivalent to nothing being built—there is no underground warehouse,
There are no underground bunkers, and most of the fortifications are built directly on the surface.
Another troublesome aspect is that because of the lack of infrastructure in Iceland, it can be ignored, so when a large amount of fuel and ammunition are transported to Iceland, these things have to be stacked in the open air. Or simply store it in a common warehouse.
Once bombed by bombers, it is difficult to ensure that these precious materials can survive. As long as there is a wave of air strikes, the fuel and ammunition hoarded by the Allied forces on the entire Iceland will become German bombs, which will explode and destroy everything on Iceland. After losing the Icelandic base, the strategic outposts that the Allies had finally established to contain Germany were easily destroyed by the Germans.
The commander of the U.S. Army Air Corps looked helplessly at General Hugh Dowding, and finally said with difficulty: "Once our plane returns to the United States, all losses here... are really only losses. We bombed Norway All previous efforts will be in vain, and our only chance of defeating the German army will be completely gone!"
"As long as we have strength! As long as we are alive, we will have a chance to defeat the enemy! Opportunities are always there... But if we lose the power to attack, even if we find an opportunity, it is impossible to fight back! "Hugh Dowding took out the words of the British king to comfort them to comfort the American officials, and then he looked at each other, hoping to get the approval of the other party.
Time is money, time is life, time is the prerequisite for everything. Just when the Americans and the British were struggling with how to respond to the German air strikes, the bomber formation of the Luftwaffe was already on the way - a total of 380 bombers assembled into a huge air formation, like migratory birds returning to their nests , flew towards their target.
A large group of fw-190d fighter jets began to return one after another due to the range. They have completed their mission and sent these bombers to the designated location safely. The sea directly below these bombers is serving as an observation and landmark ship. On the German submarine, more than a dozen German naval officers and soldiers are enthusiastically waving to the sky.
"This is the Little Moltke bomber wing! Our escort fighter jets are leaving! They should be the last batch of fw-190d fighter jets to leave the escort position! All our safety now depends on the 30 TA-152 fighter jets overhead Already!" A pilot reported the formation situation with a short-distance radio, and the German bombers were still approaching Iceland mightily.
In fact the Germans did not conduct boring radio silence, because their opponents, the British Air Force, had set up several high-power radar stations in Iceland, which could detect German aircraft at a long distance-this distance was not tested. However, judging from the efficiency of the British army in intercepting German reconnaissance planes, there should be no problem with the detection distance exceeding 100 kilometers.
Coupled with the large number of British spies left in northern England, the German planes may be discovered by the British as soon as they set off from there. Turning off the radio at this time seems to have no hidden effect other than creating trouble for oneself. At least for the purpose of coordinating formations, short-distance radio communication is permitted.
"30 T-152 fighter jets? This lineup is on the Eastern Front. If it is less than half, the Soviets dare not let the planes take off to provoke. Because for them, it is no different from sending them to death!" On the lead plane of the navigation, the command The officer joked on the radio with a smile: "Pay attention to the clouds ahead! If calculated according to the voyage, we have almost entered the air defense range of the British!"
"Bomber No. 144 is calling! Bomber No. 144 is calling! I found a British destroyer! As expected! Our actions should have been discovered!" The British are not fools, they quickly mobilized the patrol nearby Ships such as destroyers and torpedo boats conduct long-range surveillance of the air, hoping to detect the traces of German aircraft earlier-now it seems that they have succeeded.
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"Give the order! Take all the planes into the air!" The U.S. Army Aviation Commander finally chose to compromise. After all, he didn't have the courage to directly face the overwhelming bombing of Germany, and he didn't dare to pin everything on the air defense operations of the pitiful 36 fighter jets.
The analysis of the German intelligence agency is very close to reality, and the navy's speculation is also correct: because of the rush to build bases and the overconfidence in its low value, the British air defense force deployed in Iceland is very limited. There are only about 50 anti-aircraft guns, and they are all scattered throughout Iceland. Half of them are fixed on permanent forts with cement, and it is impossible to concentrate them temporarily.
Just when the Americans ordered their planes to take off and leave Iceland, the air defense alarm was sounded just right. A British communications officer hurriedly ran to General Hugh Dowding and handed him a telegram: "General! The Navy has discovered a large number of German aircraft, more than 200 of them! They are already approaching the sky over Iceland!"
"Come on urgently! Let all the planes that can take off take off immediately! The fighter planes take off to fight, and the bombers return to the United States!" Hugh Dowding glanced at the officers of the US Army Aviation, sighed, and walked quickly towards his command post. walked over. After all, this is a British base, and he is the supreme commander of air defense here. He must do his duty to defend everything here from being violated by German aircraft.
"Woo... woo..." The harsh echo of the air defense siren echoed over the entire Iceland, and the pilots of the British Royal Air Force have already sat in their planes. They have already adjusted various instruments, and they are only waiting for an order , and drove their planes to face those nasty German devils.
"Start the engine! Take off to fight!" The ground crew commander standing by the telephone shouted loudly after receiving the order to take off. The ground crew in the distance began to guide the plane onto the takeoff runway, and the sudden sound of the plane's engine could be heard everywhere for a while.
A British pilot climbed into his Meteor jet fighter and radioed into the tower: "Meteor 7 is ready to take off! Everything is fine! Please let me know if it's my turn to take off." His front , the more fuel-efficient P-40 Rolls-Royce engine-improved fighter jet, has begun to climb.
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High in the sky, inside the fuselage of the German bomber, a young German female machine gunner got into the narrow turret. She turned the turret lightly and aimed the machine gun at the most likely position of the enemy.
In her earphones, there was a noisy voice: "The shooters in all positions are immediately on combat readiness! The TA-152 fighter jets are about to return!"
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